PEACHES AND NECTARINES VARIETIES. 



IV. LATE VARIETIES. Season : Middle of September to Early October. 



* MILTON. Fruit very large, roundish oval ; skin 



greenish yellow, deep red on the sun side, some- 

 times nearly black ; flesh greenish white, melting, 

 very juicy, rich, and cleliciously flavoured. Tree 

 healthy, and a free bearer ; flowers large ; glands 

 round ; fruit handsome, and ripe from the middle 

 to the end of September. 



* PRINCE OF WALES. Fruit very large, roundish oval ; 



skin greenish yellow, deep red on the sun side ; 

 flesh greenish yellow, very juicy, vinous, and 

 richly flavoured. Tree tender, but succeeds in 

 warm soils and situations ; flowers small ; glands 

 round ; fruit ripe from the middle to the end of 

 September. 



* SPENCER. Fruit large ; skin greenish yellow, mottled 



with red and dark crimson on the sun side ; flesh 

 light green, very juicy, vinous, and richly flavoured. 

 Tree healthy, and a free bearer ; flowers large ; 

 glands round ; fruit ripe about the middle to the 

 end of September. 



* VICTORIA. Fruit large, roundish oval, flattened ; 



skin greenish yellow, crimson on the sun side ; 

 flesh white, melting, very juicy, vinous and richly 

 flavoured. Tree vigorous, and an abundant bearer, 

 but requires a warm soil and situation; flowers 

 small ; glands kidney-shaped ; fruit ripe at the 

 end of September and early in October ; the best 

 late nectarine. 



* Varieties to which an asterisk is prefixed were raised at Sawbridge worth. 



SELECTIONS OF NECTARINES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES IN THEIR ORDER 



OF RIPENING. 



I. SELECT VARIETIES FOR GROWING AGAINST A WALL OUTDOORS WITH A SOUTH ASPECT. 



Twelve, 



Advance. 



Lord Napier. 



Goldoni. 



Murrey. 



Improved Downton. 



Hardwicke Seedling. 



Balgowan. 



Elruge. 



Violette Hative. 



Newton. 



Dryden. 

 Victoria. 



Six. 



Lord Napier. 

 Hardwicke Seedling. 

 Elruge. 



Violette Hative. 

 Dryden. 

 Victoria. 



Tliree. 

 Lord Napier. 

 Hardwicke Seedling. 

 Dryden. 



Two. 



Lord Napier. 

 Elruge. 



Elruge. 



One, 



II. SELECT VARIETIES FOR A WALL-CASE OR AN UNHEATED HOUSE. 



Twelve. 

 Early Rivers. 

 Lord Napier. 

 Goldoni. 

 Rivers' White. 

 Rivers' Orange. 

 Elruge. 

 Humboldt. 

 Newton. 

 Dryden. 

 Milton. 



Spencer. 

 Victoria. 



Six. 



Early Rivers. 

 Lord Napier. 

 Darwin. 

 Elruge. 

 Dryden. 

 Victoria. 



Three. 



Lord Napier. 



Elruge. 



Victoria. 



Two. 



Lord Napier. 

 Humboldt. 



Elruge. 



One. 



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